That's not the only way you can work in the US. "In 2023 17.9% of employed workers were immigrants"

https://usafacts.org/answers/what-percent-of-jobs-in-the-us-...

Posted more info in a separate thread, but our latest req had 500 applicants. 95% from India with their grad degree in America. I spent 10 hours his week trying to do technical interviews with people I could barely understand. F me.

1% of all jobs is still a huge number of jobs in total terms. Spitball math put's h1b's much lower than that actually, .4 to .5% of all FTE positions.

That said, it almost certainly has an outsized impact on the tech sector, which only accounts for about 7% of the FTE positions nationally.

Ranges from 20%-80% in tech roles from my experience.

What percent of tech jobs?